Page 1 Flashcards
Whence came you?
From a lodge of the holy saints John at Jerusalem
What came you here to do?
To learn to subdue my passion and improve myself in masonry
Then you are a Mason I presume?
I am so taken and accepted amongst brothers and fellows
What makes you a Mason?
My obligation
How may I know you to be a Mason?
By certain signs, a token, a word, and the perfect points of entrance
What are signs?
Right angles, horizontals, and perpendiculars
What is a token?
A certain friendly grip whereby one brother Mason may know another in the dark as well as in the light
What is a word?
The name of a token
What are the perfect points of entrance?
The guttural, pectoral, manual, and pedal and are illustrated by the four cardinal virtues: temperance, fortitude, prudence, and justice
Where were you first prepared to be a Mason?
In my heart
Where next?
In a room adjacent to the body of a just and legally constituted lodge of free and accepted Masons
How were you prepared?
By being divested of all minerals and metals, neither naked nor clad, barefoot nor shod, my left breast, knee and foot bare, hoodwinked, cable-tow once around my neck, in which condition I was led to the door by a friend, whom I after found to be a brother
Being hoodwinked, how did you know there was a door?
By first meeting with resistance, and after gaining admission
How did you gain admission?
By giving three distinct knocks at the door from without, who were answered by a like number from within, followed by the inquiry who comes here?
Your answer?
A poor, blind candidate who desires to be brought from darkness to light, to receive and have a part of the rights and benefits of this worshipful lodge erected to God and dedicated to the holy saints John, as all brothers and fellows have done who have gone this way before
